From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 26 21:53:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2470937B401 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 21:53:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.nl (smtp6.wanadoo.nl [194.134.35.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0690243F75 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 21:53:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from ams-gw.sohara.org (unknown [194.134.215.48]) by smtp6.wanadoo.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id E75207133F; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:53:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:52:02 +0200 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-Id: <20030427065202.5731a715.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20030426150705.P9976@hub.org> References: <20030426150705.P9976@hub.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX,Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a central X server ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 04:53:30 -0000 On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:18:51 -0300 (ADT) "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: MGF> Can someone point me at docs on how I can do this? MGF> MGF> basically, I have a rackmount server here that has 4Gig of RAM and MGF> dual CPU ... I'd like to setup X on it such that my staff's MGF> workstations run their apps off of that machine, instead of their MGF> desktops ... OK - so you want the X client libraries on your application server and no X server running there (remember an X server is the display). Just install X and don't set up a client. MGF> I've found some docs on XDMCP, but they seem to revolve more around MGF> being able to set it up for Xceed and such, not for going from/to MGF> FreeBSD boxes... Use xdm or xinit on the workstations as normal - and either run the window manager from the big box viz: exec rsh bigbox /usr/X11R6/bin/flwm & Or run the window manager locally and populate the menus with entrys that rsh (or ssh) to the big box. You could get the big box to run the displays on the workstations but I wouldn't reccommend it. MGF> Now, the one thing I'm not sure whether would work or not is sound MGF> ... if the X stuff is on a remote server, then the programs are MGF> running over there, so is there a way of "connecting" back to the MGF> client computer for their sound? Look into NAS and rplay (both in the ports). -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/